Official LeBron X Thread Vol. 2: Corks and Volts Launch 2/23 - Page 187  

That price is Australian dollars. For example $239.95 was MSRP for the Jordan Playoff 11's.

Corks are an overseas release only?

No, but the only "solid" info is from FL overseas.

Damn i need a new connect in Australia for these corks! -___-

GOOD LUCK TO THOSE TRYING TO COP CORKS, A PAIR OF SHOES NIKE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE. CAN ANYBODY IMAGINE HOW JORDAN BRAND WOULD BE TODAY IF THEY DID THE SAME THINGS THEN THAT THE LEBRON LINE DOES NOW?

PRISMS ARE STILL TRASH.

JADES >>>>>>>>>>>> CHRISTMAS. JADES SHOULD OF BEEN THE CHRISTMAS SHOE.

I swear I've been saying this for the last 3 years. **** makes absolutely no sense whatsoever ......

It makes PLENTY of sense. Before they started excluding all of the best colorways of yearly models Lebron's sig line was lackluster and didn't garnish much attention in the lifestyle/casual realms. Once Nike started withholding the dopest colorways people started yearning for the line. It's a classic case of battered woman syndrome, the worse Nike treats its consumers in regards to wants and pricing the more the consumer wants that "exclusive" product. Mostly due to Nike's consumer demographic seeing sneakers as a sign of status and financial wealth. Makes perfect sense.
Edited by PeruWhite - 12/27/12 at 9:00pm

What??

Like for real though how do people get kicks so early before they're released? if you're a sz 9 or 10 you can get these early for the low price of $340  

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nike-Lebron-X-10-Home-541100-100-usa-dunkman-china-9-10-south-beach-8-/251199615712?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D4466837066904816750%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D251199615712%26
 

 

I'm sure I, along with everyone else who wishes the other PE version of the homes would release but I'm still going to have to settle for these to add my LBJ X collection but certainly not for $340 lol!!

haha no more miami only, tht was crazy talk

IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. WHAT'S THE POINT OF DOING ADVERTISING, SHOWING OF THE SHOES, AND HAVING LEBRON WEAR THEM IF THEY AREN'T OBTAINABLE. THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME WANT TO BUY MORE LEBRONS. IT ACTUALLY HAS THE OPPOSITE EFFECT.

I'LL TRY TO COP THE GALAXIES IF OBTAINABLE AND THEN IM PEACING OUT ON THE LEBRON 10.

I'm with memphis and sneakermane on this one. i think there are 3 reasons people didn't "yearn" over lebrons until the 9's and 10's (somewhat the 8's)--none of which has to do with withholding dope colorways:

(1) lebron became a bigger star and icon in the last couple of years since going to miami. yes he was amazing statistically in cleveland and they won 60 games and all that, but he was still in cleveland, and a lot of people still didn't believe the hype, were still buying exclusively jordans, etc. i mean, the cleveland v san antonio finals was one of the lowest rated finals ever. ain't nobody cared. teaming up with wade and bosh in miami made national mainstream news and made his brand that much hotter.

(2) i don't think the lebron designs had mainstream appeal until the 9 and 10. they were just basketball shoes, and looked pretty clunky for casual wear. first time i saw the 9's, i was like dam that's just a nice silhouette regardless of whose name is behind it. i could wear it with jeans. i know a lot of people here won't agree especially in this thread full of long-time lebron shoe fans, but elsewhere, i think a lot of people would agree

(3) the decline of jordan brand coinciding with the release of the 9's and 10's
Edited by Beats05 - 12/27/12 at 9:44pm

 

This.

 

I don't think the XMAS 10s are a bad shoe but they've basically been using the same theme since the XMAS 8s. Switch it up, please.

I agree with you and Memphis as well, don't think we are making counter arguments. You have some reasons to why his line got popular and I gave reasons why Nike approaches their customers the way they do. Not exactly opposing arguments...

i need more pics of those galaxies, theyre not looking good so far

just added sz 8 christmas to my cart on ndc....

I still need those jades.. Smh. Gonna look around an see what i can find. Bills & shoes are not a good mix when it comes to your wallet.

letting go now...

$320

Anybody know how long the laces are in inches? I'm trying to buy a red oval pair for the Xmas too

Anyone receive their shipping info from ndc yet?

I expect the price for the Corks to be $270.  Just my opinion.  

Its the price and pretty much the same colorway for 3 years in a row now..   The Lebron X's have been a disappointment so far.   A bunch of plain colorways and I feel like Nike raising the price on the Lebron line by so much drove a lot of people away from coppin.   The red diamonds are still sitting on shelves and they were more limited then the Kobes and the Durants

It's LA of course Kobe's are going to sell out duh!

Yall can complain all you want, but having the Corks (or any Lebron X) shoe limited to FL, it's equally due to Nike AND Lebron. A limited, exclusive shoe builds hype, and we all know Nike and Lebron wants hype for this shoe. Nike CAN release this shoe nationwide, but than it's not as limited or exclusive for the Lebron camp if people in LA, Texas, Chicago, hell even New Mexico can get them.

It goes back to the days (and still happen nows), of Lebron keeping some exclusives for him and his crew, its that hoiler than thou, ego type attitude.

Damn I cant find a size 13 Carbon anywhere!!

The main problem is LeBron's sneakers when he first came into the league looked like they were being bought for basketball purposes. Honestly, how many people did you see wearing Bron's casually when he was in Cleveland? I didn't, at least. Now, his more recent shoes, ever since the 8's in my opinion, have become more and more popular with those buying shoes NOT to play ball in. The problem is here: how does Nike come out with shoes for people buying them who are not trying to wear them for the purpose of the shoe, yet come up with shoes that will appease LeBron and the freak of nature athlete he is? The answer was CWs, but the price still had to be at a point that could justify the whole "LeBron" branding.

I've always said we never pay for the technology or the materials, most other shoes will have exactly what you are looking for or something extremely similar whether it be upper materials, cushioning, flywire, etc. But we pay for the fact that is a flagship Nike item endorsed by LeBron. It sounds stupid when you actually say that out loud to yourself, but then why aren't shoes like 2012 Hyperfuse the same price as the LBXs? Maybe a few discrepancies, but the X's are just a product of marketing, hype, shoe game culture, and Nike knowing how to appease all of the above whether it be with "lifestyle" bs that they are putting out or letting consumers now iD a SB CW.

The only problem is a lot of us blame Nike in here and the direction the sneaker game is going, and these people are the same ones who line up a day early for a pair of retro'd kicks or shoes that they were bashing a week before.

 

i received it last night.. shipped on the 12/28/12 around 9pm

that cork vid is ridiculous smh if its true